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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
There are several things that Pinkel's staff is good at. I think they are near elite status in being able to develop athletes into football players, but their raw recruiting ability has always been suspect at best.
I know Harrison is a baseball guy, and there are some legitimate reasons for passing on some of these guys, but this is ****ing embarrassing:
Rank
| Name
| Pos
| Location
| Stars
| Ht
| Wt
| School
|
|---|
#1
| Andy Bauer
| OL
| St. Louis, MODeSmet
| 4 stars
| 6'6"
| 304
| Missouri
| #2
| Brian Wallace
| OL
| St. Louis, MOChristian Brothers College High
| 4 stars
| 6'6"
| 304
| Arkansas
| #3
| Roderick Johnson
| OL
| Florissant, MOHazelwood Central
| 4 stars
| 6'7"
| 310
| list
| #4
| Monte Harrison
| WR
| Lee's Summit, MOLee's Summit West
| 4 stars
| 6'3"
| 200
| Nebraska
| #5
| Rafe Peavey
| QB
| Bolivar, MOBolivar
| 4 stars
| 6'2"
| 205
| Arkansas
| #6
| Markel Smith
| RB
| St. Louis, MOSt. John Vianney
| 3 stars
| 5'10"
| 210
| Iowa
| #7
| Raymond Wingo
| DB
| St. Louis, MOUniversity
| 3 stars
| 6'0"
| 165
| Missouri
| #8
| Kaleb Prewett
| DB
| Blue Springs, MOBlue Springs
| 3 stars
| 6'2"
| 197
| Kansas St.
| #9
| Dalvin Warmack
| RB
| Blue Springs, MOBlue Springs
| 3 stars
| 5'8"
| 183
| Kansas St.
| #10
| Freedom Akinmoladun
| TE
| Grandview, MOGrandview
| 3 stars
| 6'4"
| 240
| Nebraska
| #11
| Logan Cheadle
| DB
| Lee's Summit, MOLee's Summit West
| 3 stars
| 5'10"
| 165
| Missouri
| #12
| Renell Wren
| DE
| St. Louis, MOLutheran North
| 3 stars
| 6'5"
| 247
| Arizona St.
| #13
| Jonathan Bonner
| DE
| Chesterfield, MOParkway Central
| 3 stars
| 6'3"
| 253
| Notre Dame
| #14
| Armon Watts
| DT
| St. Louis, MOChristian Brothers College High
| 3 stars
| 6'5"
| 274
| Arkansas
| #15
| Zach Muniz
| DB
| St. Louis, MOChristian Brothers College High
| 3 stars
| 5'11"
| 160
| Duke
|
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Only guys I care about on this list that they didn't get:
Brian Wallace
Roderick Johnson
Monte Harrison
Kaleb Prewett
Obviously, they lost a battle regarding Wallace, and it's a major blow. Worst recruiting loss they've had to Arkansas.
Johnson, not sure they ever had a shot, but that's still a big-time OL in your state you need to land.
Harrison, it sounds like the fact Tim Jamieson is a miserable dickweed is the biggest obstacle here. The thing he likes most about Nebraska? It's baseball program.
Prewett, apparently they want him badly but were unable to gain any real traction with him, late.
Missing on all four of those guys hurts. The rest of the top 15? Meh.
Akinmoludan never got an offer, not sure what the hold up would have been there. Maybe they don't think he fits the offense?
Peavey is the son of two die-hard Arkansas graduates and was never going anywhere else.
Markel Smith would be a Tiger IF: He hadn't looked around. He wanted back in late, but they didn't have a spot for him. I'm pretty confident Walters will be a better college player than Smith.
I am intrigued by the size Watts brings to the table and wonder why there wasn't more interest there (especially since he is bro's with Wallace and played a part in that decision). Depth chart issues? (Mizzou took a ton of DTs in the last class).
They're closing this recruiting class in a boring, non-exiciting, disappointing fashion. Which I guess really should not surprise me. That is this staff's MO.
I think Frank Iheanacho is the guy that got away that hurts the most down the road, other than Wallace. I think FI turns into a big-time weapon at TE.
I don't any of the rest of the misses